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marychristinedelea
9 hours ago2 min read
In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa by Ada Limón
In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa by Ada Limón (published in The Best American Poetry 2024 , edited by Mary Jo Salter and David...
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marychristinedelea
3 days ago1 min read
The Last Prompt Post
Yep! That's correct! From now on, you can get my fabulous prompts on my Substack, Peeled Citrus Prompts. I post them on Tuesdays and...
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marychristinedelea
3 days ago2 min read
Without Title by Diane Glancy
Without Title for my Father who lived without ceremony by Diane Glancy (published in her 1990 book, Iron Woman , New Rivers Press)...
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marychristinedelea
7 days ago3 min read
Shots by Belle Waring
Shots by Belle Waring (published in her book, Dark Blonde , 1997, Sarabande Books) Three nurses to hold him, this four-year-old who...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 151 min read
Back and Forth: Prompt
For an example of what today's prompt asks of you, look at today's blog poem, "Bird Nests Used to Look More Like Fortresses," by Martin...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 152 min read
Bird Nests Used to Look More Like Fortresses by Martin Ott
Bird Nests Used to Look More Like Fortresses by Martin Ott (published in Press 53 , Issue 139, OCT-DEC 2018 ) My daughter just...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 112 min read
A Life You Might Say You Might Live by Constance Urdang
A Life You Might Say You Might Live by Constance Urdang (published in 100 Great Poems by Women , edited by Carolyn Kizer, 1995, The...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 81 min read
Curtains, Too: Prompt
Please read Ruth Stone's poem, "Curtains." Look at the curtains in the room you are currently in, or think about some past curtains....
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marychristinedelea
Dec 83 min read
Curtains by Ruth Stone
Curtains by Ruth Stone (published in 100 Great Poems by Women, edited by Carolyn Kizer, 1995, Ecco Press) Putting up new curtains,...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 42 min read
Jump Cabling by Linda Pastan
Jump Cabling by Linda Pastan (published in Drive, They Said , an anthology edited by Kurt Brown, published in 1994 by Milkweed...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 11 min read
Winter Mountains: Prompt
One of Anthony Hecht's image in his poem, Despair, is winter mountain. Where I live, I can see Mount Hood when I drive around town. On...
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marychristinedelea
Dec 12 min read
Despair by Anthony Hecht
Despair by Anthony Hecht (published in Selected Poems , edited by J. D. McClatchy, 2012, Alfred Knopf) Sadness. The moist grey shawls...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 272 min read
The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider
The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider (published in her 2019 book, From The Weight of Love , Negative Capability Press) It...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 241 min read
Choices: Prompt
Based on Carl Sandburg's poem, Window, which is posted on my blog today, you have a few choices for today's prompt. 1.) Create a piece in...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 242 min read
Window by Carl Sandburg
Window by Carl Sandburg Night from a railroad car window Is a great, dark, soft thing Broken across with slashes of light. I love to...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 203 min read
September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden
September 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 171 min read
I Wanna Hold Your Hand: Prompt
Please read today's poem on my blog: "Holding Vigil" by Alison Luterman (published on the Rattle website on November 3, 2024). Then go...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 173 min read
Holding Vigil by Alison Luterman
Holding Vigil by Alison Luterman (published in Rattle , Poets Respond, on November 3, 2024 ) My cousin asks if I can describe this...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 132 min read
Bless This School for Girls by Warsan Shire
Bless This School for Girls by Warsan Shire (published in he2022 book, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head from...
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marychristinedelea
Nov 101 min read
Another Name Game: Prompt
Think of fairly common names that are also words that are things other than names. I am thinking of--and these will show my age--Art,...
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